Cinder Cone:A steep,cone-shaped hill or mountain made of volcanic ash, cinders, and bombs poled up around a volcanoes opening.
Compostie Volcanoes:A tall, cone shaped mountain in which layers of alternate with layers of ash and other volcanic materials.
Caldera:The large hole at the top of a volcano formed when the roof of a volcano's magma chamber collapses.
Dike:A slab of volcanic rock formed when magma forces itself across rock layers
Sill:A slab of volcanic rock formed when magma squeezes between layer of rock.
Volcanic neck:A deposit of hardened magma in a Volcano's pipe
Batholith:A mass of rock formed when a large body of magma cooled inside the crust.
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Cinder Cone:A steep,cone-shaped hill or mountain made of volcanic ash, cinders, and bombs poled up around a volcanoes opening.
Compostie Volcanoes:A tall, cone shaped mountain in which layers of alternate with layers of ash and other volcanic materials.
Caldera:The large hole at the top of a volcano formed when the roof of a volcano's magma chamber collapses.
Dike:A slab of volcanic rock formed when magma forces itself across rock layers
Sill:A slab of volcanic rock formed when magma squeezes between layer of rock.
Volcanic neck:A deposit of hardened magma in a Volcano's pipe
Batholith:A mass of rock formed when a large body of magma cooled inside the crust.
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